“There’s no one to talk to!” That’s the most often repeated sentence by villagers. “Not even at the hairdresser’s,” confirm the women from the villages. The washing lines—those bio-markers—bear witness to this progressive muteness. Here is this washing line with no neighbour washing line who offer a...
Everything can be reused. Washing is a kind of reincarnation and revitalisation. A freezer bag can be used for onions, a shopping bag for clothes pegs, and an item of clothing serves the same purpose – but it keeps on serving, and serving, and serving. Renewed to...
They are leaves. Is a ‘clothesline’ a tree or a shrub? It has the appearance of an elderberry, which is all branches. It looks like leaves, but this fits well with the behaviour of the elderflower, which changes colour. The colours of the ‘clothesline’ also change with the...
Being clothes isn’t easy. It’s very hard on them. They spend most of their time on a hanger—and that’s not even the worst of it! Often they’re buried under other clothes, suffocating them. And we put them on, and take them to all sorts of places...
Two different people with something in common: discretion. Both live alone. The one on top is functional, practical, specialised. Socks and towels, for the most part. Well-worn clothes. They are not mixed with outerwear or delicate items. Subdued colours, apart from the white sock… a mismatched one! And...